Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Films: 1982-1983

Directed by: Richard Marquand
Produced by: George Lucas, Howard G. Kazanjian, Rick McCallum, and Robert Watts
Written by: Lawerence Kasdan and George Lucas
Based on characters created by: George Lucas
Cinematography: Alan Hume and Alec Mills
Edited by: Sean Barton, George Lucas, Marcia Lucas, and Duwayne Durham
Music by: John Williams

Distributed by: 20th Century Fox and Lucasfilms

Directed by: Ridley Scott
Produced by: Michael Deely, Hampton Fancher, Brian Kelly, and Bud Yorkin
Written by: David Webb Peoples and Hampton Fancher
Based on the novel, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", by: Philip K. Dick
Cinematography: Jordan Cronenweth
Edited by: Marsha Nakashima and Terry Rawlings
Music by: Vangelis

Distributed by: Warner Bros.

Directed by: Kenneth Johnson
Produced by: Kenneth Johnson and Chuck Bowman
Written by: Kenneth Johnson
Cinematography: John McPherson
Edited by: Paul Dixon, Alan C. Marks, Robert K. Richard, and Jack W. Schoengarth
Music by: Joseph Harnell

Directed by: Warner Bros.

Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
Produced by: Stephanie Austin and Robert A. Papazian
Written by: Edward Hume
Cinematography: Gayne Rescher
Edited by: William Paul Dornisch and Robert Florio
Music by: David Baskin

Distributed by: ABC Films

Directed by: Paul Schrader
Produced by: Charles W. Fries
Based on a story by: DeWitt Bodeen
Written by: Paul Schrader
Cinematography: John Bailey
Edited by: Jacqueline Cambas
Music by: Giorgio Moroder

Released by: Universal Pictures

Directed by: Tommy Lee Wallace
Produced by: John Carpenter and Debra Hill
Written by: Tommy Lee Wallace, John Carpenter, and Nigel Kneale
Cinematography: Dean Cundey
Edited by: Millie Moore
Music by: John Carpenter and Alan Howarth

Released by: Universal Pictures

Directed by: Robert Wiemer
Produced by: Ned Kandel and Robert Wiemer
Written by: Robert Wiemer
Based on the book by: Mildred Ames
Cinematograph: Glenn Kershaw
Edited by: Peter Hammer
Music by: Paul Baillargeon

Distributed by: RCA Columbia Home Video

Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Produced by: Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg
Written by: Melissa Mathison
Cinematography: Allen Daviau
Edited by: Carol Littleton
Music by: John Williams

Distributed by: Universal Pictures

Directed by: Tobe Hopper
Produced by: Frank Marshall and Steven Spielberg
Screenplay by: Steven Spielberg, Mark Victor, and Michael Grais
Cinematography: Matthew F. Leonetti
Edited by: Michael Kahn
Music by: Jerry Goldsmith

Distributed by: MGM/UA

Directed by: John Milius
Produced by: Buzz Feitshans, Edward R. Pressman, D. Constantine Conte, Dino De Laurentiis, and Raffaella De Laurentiis
Written by: Oliver Stone, John Milius, and Edward Summer
Based on the characters created by: Robert E. Howard
Cinematography: Duke Callaghan
Edited by: Carroll Timothy O'Meara
Music by: Basil Poledouris

Distributed by: Universal Pictures

Directed by: Ralph Bakshi
Produced by : Ralph Bakshi, Lynne Betner, Frank Frazetta, John W. Hyde, and Richard R. St. Johns
Written by: Roy Thomas and Gerry Conwsy
Based on charecters created by: Frank Frazetta and Ralph Bakshi
Cinematopgraphy: Francis Grunmann
Edited by: David Marshall
Music by: William Fraft

Distributed by: 20th Century Fox

Directed by: John Carpenter
Produced by: David Foster and Lawrence Turman
Written by: Bill Lancaster
Based on the short story, "Who Goes There?", By John W. Campbell, Jr.
Cinematography: Dean Cundey
Edited by: Todd Ramsay
Music by: Ennio Morricone

Distributed by: Universal Pictures

Directed by: Don Bluth
Produced by: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, and John Pomeroy
Written by: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Ken Anderson, and Will Find
Based on the novel, "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by: Robert C. O'Brien
Cinematography: Bill Butler
Edited by: Jeffrey C. Patch
Music by: Jerry Goldsmith

Distributed by: MGM/UA

Directed by: Burny Mattinson
Written by: Burny Mattinson, Tony L. Marino, Ed Gombert, Don Griffith, Alan Young, and Alan Dinehart
Based on the novel, "A Christmas Carol", by: Charles Dickens
Edited by: Armetta Jackson-Hamlett and James Melton
Music by: Irwin Kostal

Distributed by: Walt Disney Pictures

Directed by: Michael Mann
Produced by: Gene Kirkwood and Howard Koch, Jr.
Written by: Michael Mann
Based on the novel by: F. Paul Wilson
Cinematography: Alex Thomson
Edited by: Dov Hoenig and Chris Kelley
Music by: Tangerine Dream

Distributed by: Paramount Pictures

Directed by: Jack Clayton
Produced by: Peter Douglas
Written by: Ray Bradbury and John Mortimer
Based on the novel by: Ray Bradbury
Cinematography: Stephen H. Burum
Edited by: Barry Mark Gordon and Art J. Nelson
Music by: James Horner

Distributed by: Walt Disney Pictures

Directed by: Wes Craven
Produced by: Benjamin Melniker and Michael E. Uslan
Written by: Wes Craven
Based on charecters created by: Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson
Cinematography: Robbie Greenberg
Edited by: Richard Bracken
Music by: Henry Manfredini

Distributed by: AVCO Embassy Pictures

Directed by: Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Produced by: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr., Martin Starger, and Michael Chase Walker
Written by: Peter Beagel
Based on the novel by: Peter Beagel
Edited by: Tomoko Kida
Music by: Jimmy Webb

Distributed by: Jensen Farley Pictures

Directed by: John Badham
Produced by: Leonard Goldberg, Rich Hashimoto, Harold K. Schneider, and Bruce McNall
Written by: Walter F. Parkes and Lawrence Lasker
Cinematography: William A. Fraker
Edited by: Tom Rolf
Music by: Arthur B. Rubinstein

Distributed by: MGM/UA

Directed by: Peter Yates
Produced by: Ron Silverman
Written by: Stanford Sherman
Cinematography: Peter Suschitzky
Edited by: Ray Lovejoy
Music by: James Horner

Distributed by: Columbia Pictures

Directed by: Don Coscarelli
Produced by: Donald P. Borchers, Naser el-Attasy, Frank K. Issac, Paul Pepperman, and Sylvio Tabet
Written by: Don Coscarelli and Paul Pepperman
Cinematography: John Alcott
Edited by: Roy Watts
Music by: Lee Holdridge

Distributed by: MGM/UA

Directed by: David Cronenberg
Produced by: Claude Heroux, Pierre David, and Victor Slonick
Written by: David Cronenberg
Cinematography: Mark Irwin
Edited by: Roland Sanders
Music by: Howard Shore

Distributed by: Universal Pictures

Directed by: Douglas Trumbull
Produced by: Douglas Trumbull
Written by: Philip Frank Messina, Robert Stitzel, and Bruce Joel Rubin
Cinematography: Richard Yuricich
Edited by: Dennis Freeman and Edward Warschilka
Music by: James Horner

Distributed by: MGM/UA

Directed by: John Landis, Steven Spielberg, George Miller, and Joe Dante
Produced by: Steven Spielberg and John Landis
Written by: John Landis, George Clayton Johnson, Richard Matheson, Melissa Mathison, Robert Garland, and Jerome Bixby
Based on the TV series by: Rod Serling
Cinematography: Allen Daviau, John Hora, and Stevan Larner
Edited by: Malcolm Campbell, Tina Hirsch, Michael Kahn, and Howard E. Smith
Music by: Jerry Goldsmith

Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures

Directed by: David Cronenberg
Produced by: Debra Hill
Written by: Jeffrey Boam
Based on the novel by: Stephen King
Cinematography: Mark Irwin
Edited by: Roland Sanders
Music by: Michael Kamen

Distributed by: Paramount Pictures

Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
Produced by: Harve Bennett, William F. Phillips, and Robert Sallin
Screenplay by: Jack B. Sowards, Nicholas Meyer, and Harve Bennett
Based on the TV series by: Gene Roddenberry
Cinematography: Gayne Rescher
Edited by: William Paul Dornisch
Music by: James Horner

Distributed by: Paramount Pictures

Directed by: Clive A. Smith
Produced by: Michael Hirsh and Patrick Loubert
Written by: Patrick Loubert, Peter Sauder, and John Halfpenny
Cinematography: Leonara Hume
Edited by: Scott LaBarge
Music by: Patrica Cullen

Distributed by: MGM/UA and Nelvana Animation

Directed by: Steven Lisberger
Produced by: Donald Kushner, Howard Ellenshaw, and Ron Miller
Written by: Bonnie McBird, Charles S. Haas, and Steven Lisberger
Cinematography: Bruce Logan
Edited by: Jeff Gourson
Music by: Wendy Carlos and Journey

Distributed by: Walt Disney Pictures

Directed by: Albert Pyun
Produced by: Robert S. Bremson, Brandon Chase, and Marianne Chase
Written by: Albert Pyun, Tom Karnowski, and John V. Stuckmeye
Cinematography: Joseph Mangine
Edited by: Marshall Harvey
Music by: David Whitaker

Distributed by: Group 1 International Distribution Organization Ltd.

Directed by: Lamont Johnson
Produced by: Don Carmody, John Dunning, Stewart Harding, and Ivan Reitman
Written by: Jean LaFleur, Stewart Harding, David Preston, Edith Rey, Daniel Goldberg, and Len Blum
Cinematography: Frank Tidy
Edited by: Scott Conrad
Music by: Elmer Bernstein

Distributed by: Columbia Pictures

Directed by: Charles Band
Produced by: Albert Band, Alan J. Adler, Charles Band, Gordon W. Gregory, and Arthur H. Maslansky
Written by: Alan J. Adler
Cinematography: Mac Ahlberg
Edited by: Brad Arensman
Music by: Richard Band

Distributed by: Universal Pictures

Directed by: Jim Henson and Frank Oz
Produced by: Lew Grade, Gary Kurtz, David Lazer, and Jim Henson
Written by: David Odell and Jim Henson
Cinematography: Oswald Morris
Edited by: Ralph Kemplen
Music by: Trevor Jones

Distributed by: Universal Pictures